High Quality Pure Analogue 180g Virgin Vinyl LP!
AAA Recording!
Audiophile Mastering By Kevin Gray From Original Master Tapes!
Wilson Picketts best years were those when he recorded for Atlantic Records, and he remained convinced of this even after changing to other labels in his later career. Atlantic boss Jerry Wexler took the promising young Gospel singer under his wing and launched him on his rapidly developing career as an unruly soul man. Picketts aggressiveness, which in his mature years occasionally resulted in him having backstage fights with musicians and managers, are expressed here in strong words and are given further bite by his antagonistic band. Although he lashed out to the full in his emotional, crackling vocal attacks, he never lost control and even his strongest outbursts remained highly musical. His unique, breathless sound and his ferocious efforts to express himself succinctly do not make for easy listening on this superb hit record and for white people, who according to Pickett would never understand soul music anyway, could well present a real challenge. Is this such fascinating music that you become dumbstruck? Very possibly, as critic Joachim von Mengershausen writes: "His voice is hard, aggressive and strained; it hardly binds the tones together, chops up the phrases, blurts out the essentials Pickett has eliminated all the Uncle-Tom warmth in soul and has virtually rocked it away."
Features:
180g Vinyl
High Quality Pressing
Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering
AAA Recording
Audiophile Mastering By Kevin Gray From Original Master Tapes
Musicians:
Wilson Pickett, vocals
Charles Chalmers, tenor sax
Andrew Love, tenor sax
James Mitchell, tenor sax
Floyd Newman, baritone sax
Gene Miller, trumpet
Wayne Jackson, trumpet
Chips Moman, lead guitar
Jimmy R Johnson, rhythm guitar
Tommy Cogbill, bass, guitar
Junior Lowe, bass
Spooner Oldham, piano, organ
Roger Hawkins, drums
Selections:
Side One:
1. Soul Dance Number Three
2. Funky Broadway
3. I Need A Lot of Loving Every Day
4. I Found A Love, Part 1
5. I Found A Love, Part 2
6. You Can't Stand Alone
Side Two:
1. Mojo Mamma
2. I Found the One
3. Something Within Me
4. I'm Sorry About That
5. Love Is A Beautiful Thing
Recording: 1967 at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals (Alabama, USA), by Rick Hall & Tom Dowd
Production: Jerry Wexler
AAA Recording!
Audiophile Mastering By Kevin Gray From Original Master Tapes!
Wilson Picketts best years were those when he recorded for Atlantic Records, and he remained convinced of this even after changing to other labels in his later career. Atlantic boss Jerry Wexler took the promising young Gospel singer under his wing and launched him on his rapidly developing career as an unruly soul man. Picketts aggressiveness, which in his mature years occasionally resulted in him having backstage fights with musicians and managers, are expressed here in strong words and are given further bite by his antagonistic band. Although he lashed out to the full in his emotional, crackling vocal attacks, he never lost control and even his strongest outbursts remained highly musical. His unique, breathless sound and his ferocious efforts to express himself succinctly do not make for easy listening on this superb hit record and for white people, who according to Pickett would never understand soul music anyway, could well present a real challenge. Is this such fascinating music that you become dumbstruck? Very possibly, as critic Joachim von Mengershausen writes: "His voice is hard, aggressive and strained; it hardly binds the tones together, chops up the phrases, blurts out the essentials Pickett has eliminated all the Uncle-Tom warmth in soul and has virtually rocked it away."
Features:
180g Vinyl
High Quality Pressing
Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering
AAA Recording
Audiophile Mastering By Kevin Gray From Original Master Tapes
Musicians:
Wilson Pickett, vocals
Charles Chalmers, tenor sax
Andrew Love, tenor sax
James Mitchell, tenor sax
Floyd Newman, baritone sax
Gene Miller, trumpet
Wayne Jackson, trumpet
Chips Moman, lead guitar
Jimmy R Johnson, rhythm guitar
Tommy Cogbill, bass, guitar
Junior Lowe, bass
Spooner Oldham, piano, organ
Roger Hawkins, drums
Selections:
Side One:
1. Soul Dance Number Three
2. Funky Broadway
3. I Need A Lot of Loving Every Day
4. I Found A Love, Part 1
5. I Found A Love, Part 2
6. You Can't Stand Alone
Side Two:
1. Mojo Mamma
2. I Found the One
3. Something Within Me
4. I'm Sorry About That
5. Love Is A Beautiful Thing
Recording: 1967 at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals (Alabama, USA), by Rick Hall & Tom Dowd
Production: Jerry Wexler
